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title: "Prolific Latvian striker moves to Brunei"
date: 2024-12-30T14:26:15Z
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author: "Janis Vitols"
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# Prolific Latvian striker moves to Brunei
![](https://i0.wp.com/balticfootballnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ikaunieks.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)

Dāvis Ikaunieks. Photo credit to FA Šiauliai

**Brunei side DPMM FC which is competing in the Singapore Premier League, has officially announced the signing of Latvian forward Dāvis Ikaunieks.**

Last season, the 30-year-old Dāvis played for **[FA Šiauliai](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=2418 "FA Šiauliai")** in the Lithuanian [**A Lyga**](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1120 "A Lyga"), where he emerged as the second-best scorer in the league, netting 18 goals. This season, Šiauliai will be managed by former Latvian National Team manager **Dainis Kazakevičs**, who will be without one of the team’s key players from the previous season for the upcoming 2025 campaign.

Brunei **DPMM FC** announced that Dāvis will arrive in the small Asian country on January 4th. His debut match is expected nine days later when the **Singapore Premier League** resumes following the winter break. DPMM will host the **Lion City Sailors** in that match. DPMM is in 6th place in the league table with 21 points from 18 games.

The team is coached by Scotsman **Jamie McAllister**, who briefly served as caretaker coach for the Brunei National Team in 2024. Not far away in Cambodia, another group of Latvians is making a living in football, including manager Jurģis Kalns, coach Renārs Rode, and defender Vitālijs Jagodinskis, all of whom are with Cambodian Premier League side Visakha FC.

Ikaunieks began his career with **Liepājas Metalurgs**, while later on played with [FK Liepāja](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=897 "FK Liepāja") and [**FC RFS**](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=857 "FC RFS") in Latvia. In 2015, he won the Latvian Virslīga title with **FK Liepāja**. He has spent much of his career playing abroad, particularly in the Czechia, where he achieved significant success with **Jihlava**. In 2018, he was named the best foreign player in the Czechia top league and received the **Latvian Footballer of the Year** title. Dāvis Ikaunieks has accumulated 48 caps for the Latvian National Team.

**Source:** [https://www.dpmmfc.club/news/dpmm-fc-agree-the-signing-of-latvia-diamond-davis-ikauniks-2892613.html](https://www.dpmmfc.club/news/dpmm-fc-agree-the-signing-of-latvia-diamond-davis-ikauniks-2892613.html)